Academics

Our early childhood programming uses the DC Public Schools' adopted Creative Curriculum which aligns with the Reggio Inspired Approach.The Reggio approach allows the teacher to become an observer, documenter, and partner in the learning process who allows the children to:

Ask their own questions and generate and test their own hypotheses.

Explore and generate many possibilities, both affirming and contradictory.

Communicate their ideas to others.

Throughthe process of revisiting the opportunity to reorganize concepts, ideas, thoughts and theories, construct new meaning.

Grades K-5

DHES, in accordance with DCPS, implements in grades K-5 the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Reading Language Arts and Math.

Eureka Math is a Common Core-aligned set of resources that will help your child develop problem solving skills and mathematical fluency.

ST Math is a blended learning program is also be used with grades K-5.